Editorials

Minimum wage bill

April 14, 2014

Gov.?Mark Dayton is set to sign the Minimum Wage bill passed by the Democrats in the Legislature. The bill will take the state’s minimum wage from among the lowest in the nation to among the highes....

Avoice

Why not raise the amount to $15.00 an hour? The Government would just increase the amount that would notates the various poverty levels. Raising the minimum wage only benefits two entities - the federal government with increased tax collections, increase SS and OASI contributions and the state government with increase sales tax and income tax collections. Whether this lifts people out of poverty has yet to be seen as previous attempts at this never has.